Rotary toy.



ROTARY TOY. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 20,*1911.

Patented Jan. M, 1913.

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JEAN PIERRE FUZER, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

ROTARY TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1111, 19113.

Application led November 20, 1911. Serial No. 661,208.

To .ff/l w/wm It muy concern:

3e it known that I, JEAN Piernas FUZER, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara county, (lalitornia. haveinvented a new and useful Rotary Toy. of which the following, is aspecilif'ation.

Mv invention relates to a nevY and novel rotarv to)v which Vis simple inconstruction. cheap` durable and very entertaining.

rThe construction involved is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich# Figure i a side view ot' the complete deviee with portions brokenaway to illustrate the interior construction. Fila'. 2 is a trans-'verse sectional view 'taken at o-u in Fig.

1. Fig. f5 is a tansverse section of the lower shell open as when beingremoved.

l In the several views like characters indieate like parts andreferring` to the de tails ot construction, (Sis a shat'tto the upperportion oi which is rigidly attached the revolving shell This shell ismade in nn.- iuerous and varied shapes usuallyv stamped from thin metal.Pertorations are prw vided and when the shell is rotating1 rapidi).vthese produce whistling and hum-ming sounds.

t) a cord attached to the shaft l.

in an elongated spherical casingY pret'- erablv made in halves andhinged together at 1.1.

1; refers to openings in the ends` ot' the shell which serve as bearingstor the shaft G. A clasp v1:3 is provided to keep the shell closed whenin use.

li is a ring on the end of the cord 5).'

is an aperture in the casina l0 provided to permit the cord to passfreelvv in and out. Halt' ot this aperture is cut trom each of thehalves of the shell.

The relation ot the parts will be understood from the following briefdescription of the operation. The cord S) is wound around the shaft Geither before or after the casing 10 is closed around the shaft. Thecord or string S) passes outy through the opening 15. rThe casing 1()serves'as a handle, and by holdingeasing 10 in one hand and with theother by quickly jerking the cord, the upper shell is started torotating;l

with greatl rapidity. After giving the eord a quick pull it is releasedand the momentum of the whirlingshell S rotates the shatt (3 until thecord 9 is wound about the shalt. Another quick pull reverses thedirection o1 the shell 8 and gives itequal velocity in the oppositedirection. By alternately pulling and relaxing the cord the upper shell8 is kept whirling and the perforations 7 may be arri nged to producevaried shrill or liarinonious sounds.

At any time the cord is damaged the easing' l() may be unclasped andremoved and another cord substituted.-

Havingv thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is :-A

A device for rotating a toy provided with a rigid shaft; said devicecomprising' a casingl composed of two halves hinged together andprovided with a clasp; and having openings adapted to receive saidshaft; and a cord attached to said shaft and .passing through an openingin said easing', all as described.

JEAN PIERRE FUZER-Ii.

Witnesses z Vr R. Davis, F. L. BIRABENT.

